Etymology

suitability

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Today it means: The quality of being suitable. Full definition →

English suit ← Middle English sute ← Anglo-Norman suite
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sékʷetor
  3. Proto-Italic*sekʷōr
  4. Vulgar Latinsequor, sequi
  5. Vulgar Latin*sequere
  6. Vulgar Latin*sequita
  7. Old Frenchsiute
  8. Anglo-Normansuite
  9. Middle Englishsute
  10. Englishsuit
  11. English todaysuitability

From suit + -ability.

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